There is no direct access from Rt. 2. The
cemetery is on a part of Proctor Ridge Road
that is only a jeep trail. (We went out on foot.) Proctor Ridge Road no longer extends to
Rt. 2 as shown on the map. The closest access from Rt. 2 is Birch Ridge Road (Rt. 29) which meets
Rt. 2 near the Columbia Chemical Company, just south of Fish Creek. It
is about 2 miles
on Proctor Ridge Road
from Burch Ridge.

The cemetery is overgrown in some areas and cannot be seen from the
road. There are a number of unmarked footstones with no visible monuments,
One monument was uprighted and three monuments were unearthed. Two 4-sided
pillars were on the ground and could not be raised to check for additional
readings. Many of the older monuments have inscriptions, but no special
techniques were undertaken to read them. The readings were made on April 17
and April 18, 2001. Each entry
corresponds to one monument, inscriptions are in quotation marks, and
comments are in parentheses. This update adds approximately 30 new readings
and corrects some typographical errors in the data reported for the WaymanCemetery
by Ada Finnicum
and Ethyl Briggs in “Wetzel County Cemeteries”, pg. 191, published in 1978.
Two gravesites reported in
that work could not be found, i.e., those for John, Mary C., and Emma Tate;
and for Sherry Lynn Litton. Readings
that appear also in the publication by Ada
Finnicum and Ethyl Briggs are noted with an asterisk *.
Bonnie Van Orden

FRANCIS
Mary A.
“Wife of Bennet (sic) Francis”
Died Jan 21, 1865
“Aged 53ys 2ms 21days”
(engraved at top of monument
with hand with index finger extended,
and “She rests above”.)
“She lived in peace and pardon blest
And found in Christ a constant rest
And died assured of future bliss
And everlasting happiness.”
(Monument has “FARIS” at the lower
left, and “Wheeling”
at the lower right.)

FRANCIS
Joseph A.
“Son of Bennet (sic) & Mary Francis”
“Died at Covington Kentucky Hospital”
July 21, 1862
“Aged 19yrs. 8mo. 27days”
“He loved God, and died in defense of
our Glorious Union”
(monument has an inscription and “FARIS”
at the lower left, and “Wheeling” at the lower right)
(with footstone for “J.A.F.")

MOORE
Mary B.
“Wife of Jas. Moore”
Born Jan 13, 1855
Died May 5, 1884
(with footstone for “M.B.M.”)
(monument is a 4-sided pillar
which has fallen, cannot read other side)

OBLINGER
Henry
“son of”
Chas & M. Oblinger
“Born & Died”Mar 31, 1889

PAGE (?)
Mary
“wife of Thomas Page (?)”
Died July 3, 1859
“Aged 24yrs 9mos”
(Inscription and signature,
and footstone for “M.P.”)
(Monument was in two parts,
completely broken across
the name and was hard to read.)

P......L
(very old sandstone, about one
inch thick, 12 in.
wide and 8 in.
tall
with missing stone between these letters.)

RENFORTH
Rebecca*
“wife of W. J. Renforth”
Born Feb 15, 1832
Died Dec 29, 1912
(monument is 4-sided pillar,
on other side is)
W. J. Renforth
Born Sept 29, 1830
Died May 30, 1901
“In my Fathers house
are many mansions”
“Gone but not forgotten”